Millcreek Elementary School

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Millcreek Elementary School is a public elementary school in Lexington, Kentucky, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 541 students. The school is part of the Fayette County School District, which is ranked 77 out of 159 districts in Kentucky and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Millcreek Elementary consistently performs below the Fayette County and Kentucky state averages in academic proficiency across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 22% of 3rd graders were proficient in mathematics, compared to 46% in Fayette County and 43% statewide. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Kentucky elementary schools for female, male, white, and low-socioeconomic status students. Notably, the school's ranking for African American students has declined from the top 50% in 2021-2022 to the bottom 25% in 2023-2024. As a result, Millcreek Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Kentucky elementary schools over the past several years, with a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Interestingly, Millcreek Elementary's academic performance lags significantly behind that of nearby schools in the Fayette County district, such as Wellington Elementary, Cassidy Elementary, and Glendover Elementary. These schools consistently rank in the top 25% of Kentucky elementary schools and have much higher proficiency rates across all subject areas. Despite Millcreek Elementary's relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending, the school's academic outcomes do not reflect the level of investment, suggesting that targeted interventions and support may be necessary to improve student performance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1212 Reva Ridge Way
       Lexington, KY  40517-5906


(859) 381-3527

District: Fayette County

SchoolDigger Rank:
647th of 685 Kentucky Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,582 Help


Students who attend Millcreek Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Tates Creek Middle School
High:    Tates Creek High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.2 Help
Number of students:  531

Racial breakdown:

African American:
42.2%
White:
26.9%
Hispanic:
18.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  71.8% Help


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Compare Details Millcreek Elementary School ranks worse than 94.5% of elementary schools in Kentucky. It also ranks 36th among 38 ranked elementary schools in the Fayette County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.36. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Millcreek Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (42.2%), White (26.9%), Hispanic (18.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 71.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Millcreek Elementary School is 11.2, which is the 15th best among 38 elementary schools in the Fayette County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Millcreek Elementary School is $19,582, which is the 20th highest among 38 elementary schools in the Fayette County School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Millcreek Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Millcreek Elementary School 647th of 685 Kentucky public elementary schools. (See Millcreek Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Fayette County:

SchoolDigger ranks Fayette County 77th of 159 Kentucky school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Millcreek Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 28.18 492nd 638 22.9%
2008 23.81 533rd 651 18.1%
2009 24.24 543rd 658 17.5%
2010 30.79 533rd 683 22.0%
2011 14.75 624th 688 9.3%
2012 18.56 647th 713 9.3%
2013 16.70 661st 719 8.1%
2014 20.28 628th 705 10.9%
2015 16.15 645th 698 7.6%
2016 10.88 659th 690 4.5%
2017 17.57 615th 694 11.4%
2018 11.09 648th 691 6.2%
2019 15.61 624th 700 10.9%
2021 9.10 510th 517 1.4%
2022 20.25 578th 684 15.5%
2023 16.89 596th 687 13.2%
2024 8.36 647th 685 5.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.67 18th 59 69.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 7.19 634th 661 4.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.33 602nd 631 4.6%
2019 16.79 608th 664 8.4%
2021 12.21 262nd 275 4.7%
2022 22.72 551st 667 17.4%
2023 21.37 574th 670 14.3%
2024 10.23 643rd 665 3.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.61 33rd 34 2.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.29 625th 663 5.7%
2019 14.98 615th 671 8.3%
2022 11.62 604th 641 5.8%
2023 13.57 598th 639 6.4%
2024 9.38 614th 644 4.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.09 424th 445 4.7%
2019 16.11 446th 474 5.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.02 626th 665 5.9%
2019 18.09 596th 676 11.8%
2022 26.25 506th 657 23.0%
2023 17.85 564th 652 13.5%
2024 8.65 623rd 652 4.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.65 168th 184 8.7%
2019 36.91 124th 185 33.0%
2022 49.45 52nd 118 55.9%
2023 44.39 63rd 129 51.2%
2024 9.36 135th 140 3.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.53 105th 120 12.5%
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Rank History for White students at Millcreek Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools KY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.81 515th 593 13.2%
2019 16.94 528th 592 10.8%
2022 20.74 555th 656 15.4%
2023 31.48 465th 658 29.3%
2024 19.03 572nd 659 13.2%
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Data source: test scores: Kentucky Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Millcreek Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 644 144 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 796
1989 630 119 12 3 0 n/a n/a 0 764
1990 713 142 17 4 0 n/a n/a 0 876
1991 639 138 17 8 1 n/a n/a 0 803
1992 674 160 22 5 0 n/a n/a 0 861
1993 660 158 27 4 0 n/a n/a 0 849
1994 543 127 32 5 0 n/a n/a 0 707
1995 485 146 22 6 0 n/a n/a 0 659
1996 485 146 22 6 0 n/a n/a 0 659
1997 459 133 22 5 0 n/a n/a 0 619
1998 397 135 14 3 0 n/a n/a 0 549
1999 389 105 0 8 0 n/a n/a 0 502
2000 380 123 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 510
2001 387 140 24 3 0 n/a n/a 0 554
2002 317 160 26 12 0 n/a n/a 0 515
2003 317 160 26 12 0 n/a n/a 0 515
2004 301 138 22 13 0 n/a n/a 0 474
2005 301 134 15 12 0 n/a n/a 0 462
2006 334 122 19 17 0 n/a n/a 0 492
2007 324 151 19 21 2 n/a n/a 44 561
2008 281 160 12 25 1 n/a n/a 39 518
2009 263 144 17 23 1 n/a n/a 26 474
2010 255 156 10 13 1 n/a n/a 34 469
2011 262 148 11 32 2 0 33 0 488
2012 236 137 7 40 1 1 26 0 448
2013 230 180 9 41 0 1 40 0 501
2014 222 208 11 46 0 1 49 0 537
2015 232 171 13 49 0 1 47 0 513
2016 235 191 11 65 1 1 39 0 543
2017 225 167 21 73 0 1 54 0 541
2018 224 187 20 62 0 0 56 0 549
2019 229 187 17 63 1 1 57 0 555
2020 249 206 14 83 1 2 53 0 608
2021 201 161 12 73 0 1 45 0 493
2022 190 180 10 75 0 2 59 0 516
2023 183 204 8 83 1 1 61 0 541
2024 143 224 7 98 1 0 58 0 531

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Millcreek Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 796 42.7 18.6 n/a
1989 764 40.2 19.0 n/a
1990 876 45.6 19.2 n/a
1991 803 40.0 20.0 n/a
1992 861 45.2 19.0 n/a
1993 849 46.1 18.4 n/a
1994 707 40.3 17.5 n/a
1995 659 38.1 17.3 n/a
1996 659 38.1 17.3 n/a
1997 619 37.3 16.6 35.7
1998 549 32.2 17.0 36.2
1999 502 19.2 27.3 31.7
2000 510 26.2 20.6 40.4
2001 554 24.6 22.9 41.5
2002 515 37.8 13.6 72.2
2003 515 37.8 13.6 72.2
2004 474 36.4 13.0 n/a
2005 462 38.6 12.0 n/a
2006 492 36.3 13.6 58.7
2007 561 37.0 15.2 61.9
2008 518 36.4 14.2 57.6
2009 474 38.0 12.5 64.3
2010 469 31.8 14.7 66.2
2011 488 38.7 12.6 72.3
2012 448 40.3 11.1 60.9
2013 501 38.7 12.9 72.7
2014 537 37.1 14.4 63.3
2015 513 38.0 13.5 72.9
2016 543 42.0 12.9 78.1
2017 541 41.4 13.0 69.1
2018 549 38.7 14.1 81.1
2019 555 42.7 12.9 65.6
2020 608 44.8 13.5 64.8
2021 493 43.7 11.2 77.7
2022 516 46.2 11.1 68
2023 541 40.7 13.2 67.7
2024 531 47.4 11.2 71.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Millcreek Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 796 42.7 18.6 n/a
1989 764 40.2 19.0 n/a
1990 876 45.6 19.2 n/a
1991 803 40.0 20.0 n/a
1992 861 45.2 19.0 n/a
1993 849 46.1 18.4 n/a
1994 707 40.3 17.5 n/a
1995 659 38.1 17.3 n/a
1996 659 38.1 17.3 n/a
1997 619 37.3 16.6 35.7
1998 549 32.2 17.0 36.2
1999 502 19.2 27.3 31.7
2000 510 26.2 20.6 40.4
2001 554 24.6 22.9 41.5
2002 515 37.8 13.6 72.2
2003 515 37.8 13.6 72.2
2004 474 36.4 13.0 n/a
2005 462 38.6 12.0 n/a
2006 492 36.3 13.6 58.7
2007 561 37.0 15.2 61.9
2008 518 36.4 14.2 57.6
2009 474 38.0 12.5 64.3
2010 469 31.8 14.7 66.2
2011 488 38.7 12.6 72.3
2012 448 40.3 11.1 60.9
2013 501 38.7 12.9 72.7
2014 537 37.1 14.4 63.3
2015 513 38.0 13.5 72.9
2016 543 42.0 12.9 78.1
2017 541 41.4 13.0 69.1
2018 549 38.7 14.1 81.1
2019 555 42.7 12.9 65.6
2020 608 44.8 13.5 64.8
2021 493 43.7 11.2 77.7
2022 516 46.2 11.1 68
2023 541 40.7 13.2 67.7
2024 531 47.4 11.2 71.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Millcreek Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2018 $1,177 (6.9%) $231 (1.3%) $1,407 (8.2%) $12,268 (71.6%) $1,896 (11.1%) $14,164 (82.6%) $17,146
2019 $1,085 (6.9%) $201 (1.3%) $1,284 (8.2%) $11,211 (71.4%) $1,718 (10.9%) $12,928 (82.3%) $15,701
2020 $961 (5.6%) $408 (2.4%) $1,369 (8.0%) $11,829 (69.3%) $1,696 (9.9%) $13,525 (79.2%) $17,081
2021 $1,325 (7.5%) $527 (3.0%) $1,853 (10.5%) $13,022 (74.1%) $1,461 (8.3%) $14,342 (81.6%) $17,572
2022 $1,610 (8.2%) $659 (3.4%) $2,269 (11.6%) $12,958 (66.2%) $2,267 (11.6%) $15,225 (77.7%) $19,582

Data source: Kentucky Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Millcreek Elementary School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 624th of 700 Elementary schoolsRanks 596th of 687 Elementary schools
 2.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students555541
 2.5%
African American187204
 9.1%
American Indian11
Asian178
 52.9%
Hispanic6383
 31.7%
Pacific Islander11
White229183
 20.1%
Two or More Races5761
 7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.6%67.7%
 2.1%


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Students who attend Millcreek Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Tates Creek Middle School
High : Tates Creek High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 531 students attended Millcreek Elementary School.

Students at Millcreek Elementary School are 42% African American, 27% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Millcreek Elementary School ranks in the bottom 5.5% of Kentucky elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Education.

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